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22 Cards in this Set
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A person who looks for new things and new places is _____________.
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an explorer
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Dutch sailors first came to what is now PA in ___________
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the early 1600's
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People who move to a new land to live are called _________
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settlers
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The first settlers to build log cabins and raise cattle in the New World were the ___________.
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Swedes
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The Dutch governor who took over New Sweden was
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Peter Stuyvesant
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The English took over the Dutch and Swedish settlements in
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1664
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The Society of Friends is a
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religious group
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Pennsylvania means
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"Penn's Woods"
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The first people in William Penn's colony were
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Quakers
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A set of laws by which a place is governed is a
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constitution
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The Great Law said that all the people in Pennsylvania
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could worship in their own way
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William Penn and the Indians
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were friendly, signed peace treaties, signed land treaties
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To help the colony grow, Penn
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sold land cheaply
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Many groups of people came from Europe to live in PA because they wanted
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religious freedom
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When William Penn died, PA was governed by
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Hannah Penn
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A gristmill was used to make
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flour
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In the late 1700's, people traveled west and carried goods to market in
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Conestoga wagons
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A Virginian who fought for the British during the French and Indian War was
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George Washington
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Great Britain and France signed a peace treaty to end the French and Indian War in
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1763
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Pontiac was
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an Indian chief
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Why did William Penn ask for land in America?
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Penn wanted a place where people could worship in their own way.
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Name 2 inventions that made pioneer life easier in PA.
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gristmills and Conestoga wagons
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